“Sect Master Heavenly Access, you are truly trash. To think you cannot even deal with these things? How are you going to become a sword without fully forming a sword soul? Since you are too reluctant, then I’ll help you!” With a cold expression, the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon pulled Sect Master Heavenly Access over.
The Upper Heavenly Palace Realm’s consummation and the ninth layer were just a step apart; however, the gap made a world of difference. Although the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon had launched a sneak attack, she instantly restrained Sect Master Heavenly Access and sealed his cultivation, preventing him from struggling.
The expressions of Gu Hai’s group changed at the unexpected internal conflict.
“Let go of Sect Master!” Sha’s expression changed as he swung his sword, instantly sending out billions of sword qi.
As the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon held Sect Master Heavenly Access with one hand, she revealed a wintry smile. “Your sword Dao is indeed powerful, but do you know what the consummate Upper Heavenly Palace Realm is? Furthermore, I also have the purple bamboo domain. Rise!”
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon waved her other hand. Billions of purple bamboos appeared out of nowhere.
When the purple bamboos appeared, every cane was like a sharp sword rushing towards the countless sword qi around Sha.
Boom!
A loud report rang out, and all of Sha’s sword qi exploded.
There were too many purple bamboos crowding the place.
Kong Xuan, the Mosquito Daoist, and Ao Sheng attacked simultaneously, protecting Gu Hai. On the other side, Sha also suffered from the assault of countless purple bamboos.
Since the sword qi shattered, Sha could only clash with his bronze sword. Unfortunately, his cultivation was much weaker, just at the fifth-layer Upper Heavenly Palace Realm. Although his sword Dao was very strong, it was insufficient.
“Argh!”
Sha suddenly screamed. Countless purple bamboos had pierced through his body. Besides his head, which remained safe, the rest of his body was like a porcupine’s.
“Sha!” The distant Gu Hai’s face sank.
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon’s figure flashed as she arrived before Sha.
“Sect Master Heavenly Access, since you can’t form your sword soul, I’ll help you!” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon said with a fierce smile.
“Purple Jade Heavenly Demon, you tricked me! You lied to me! You will die a horrible death!” Sect Master Heavenly Access cried out sorrowfully.
“Humph! You are still saying such big words on your deathbed. You are the one who will die a horrible death. Don’t worry. I will forge you into a puppet later,” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon sneered.
At the same time, the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon’s figure flashed.
Boom!
Ten thousand Purple Jade Heavenly Demons immediately appeared in the purple bamboo domain; most of them went for Gu Hai.
“Humph! I’m already getting impatient. Although Jiang Gautama fears you, I do not. Those eyes from earlier? Bring them out again! You are seeking death!” A Purple Jade Heavenly Demon clone suddenly tried to grab Gu Hai.
“Kill!” Kong Xuan, the Mosquito Daoist, and Ao Sheng shouted as they attacked simultaneously.
“Anyone under the consummate Upper Heavenly Palace Realm is an ant. You three insignificant things, die!” The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon clone waved her right hand.
Boom!
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon’s attack knocked the three away.
Just then, Gu Hai opened his heavenly eye.
Buzz!
When the heavenly eye opened, a beam of Divinity Destroying Light formed using Corpse Energy shot out of it, heading for the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon.
Boom!
The black light swept through everything, shattering all the purple bamboos in the way. At first, the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon clone thought little of it. She only realized how horrifying this black light was when it approached.
“The Divinity Destroying Light?” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon exclaimed in alarm.
She hastily threw a palm strike.
Bang!
The Divinity Destroying Light instantly pierced through the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon’s right hand, right arm, and chest.
Nothing could block the Divinity Destroying Light; after punching through the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon clone, it tore space and the entire purple bamboo domain.
The ten thousand Purple Jade Heavenly Demon clones’ expressions all changed because of the special characteristic of the Divinity Destroying Light. So long as it pierced one clone, all the clones would suffer damage. Now, the Divinity Destroying Light had blasted the right hands, right arms, and chests of all the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon clones.
Boom!
The purple bamboo domain exploded. All the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon clones withdrew, leaving the true body.
The exploded space trembled, and towering waves kicked up in the surrounding sea region.
Because her arm and chest got injured, the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon immediately let go of Sect Master Heavenly Access.
Sect Master Heavenly Access got saved in the blink of an eye.
“You-you-you…why do you have the Divinity Destroying Heavenly Eye?! How are you connected to Jiangchen?!” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon exclaimed in a roar.
Now, the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon finally understood why Jiang Gautama feared Gu Hai. Just the Divinity Destroying Heavenly Eye alone was enough to inspire fear in her.
Jiangchen used the Divinity Destroying Heavenly Eye to kill countless experts during the ancient war between the shamans and animal spirits. Even the divine Dao domain was useless.
To think Gu Hai can execute it too?
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon now deeply regretted her rash behavior. Gu Hai? I should have sent people to test his bottom line first, not rashly attacked him from the start.
On the other side, Sect Master Heavenly Access immediately picked up the Immortal Executioner Sword with one hand after regaining freedom.
“Purple Jade Heavenly Demon, you wanted to kill me! You wanted to kill me?! Immortal Executioner Sword, chop!” Sect Master Heavenly Access glared, fury spewing from his eyes as he swung his sword.
This sword strike carried Sect Master Heavenly Access’s full power and boundless horror, tearing space. Perhaps this was the strongest attack he had ever launched. Even a consummate Upper Heavenly Palace Realm cultivator had to dodge it.
“What a powerful sword strike! Can this severely injure the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon?” Kong Xuan said with pleasant surprise.
However, the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon snarled ferociously while pressing her hand to her wound, “Soul Destroying Seal, activate!”
After her loud shout, Sect Master Heavenly Access’s sword light exploded, vanishing like smoke.
“What?” The expressions of the distant Kong Xuan and the others changed. Why did the sword light suddenly vanish?
“Argh!” Sect Master Heavenly Access suddenly clutched his head, yelling in pain.
The black swastika on Sect Master Heavenly Access’s forehead spun slowly, emitting billions of black smoke-like demon heads into his brain.
“Argh! Argh! What are you doing?! What are you doing?! Argh! My three spiritual souls! Ah! It hurts!” Sect Master Heavenly Access held his head in pain, feeling like he could not control his body.
“The Soul Destroying Seal? This is…this is an ancient animal spirit technique for forging puppets. Only the four ancestor divine beasts knew it. Isn’t it lost?” Kong Xuan’s expression changed.
“She wants to forge Sect Master Heavenly Access into a puppet?” Gu Hai’s expression changed.
“Yes. The Soul Destroying Seal kills the three spiritual souls and refines them. Once refined, that person is considered dead, merely a walking corpse. It would be a puppet, just as if a corpse worm had entered the brain. The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon is an ancient animal spirit king?” Kong Xuan’s expression changed.
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon regained control over the nearby Sect Master Heavenly Access in merely an instant.
Thud!
Sect Master Heavenly Access grabbed Sha, pressing his palm on Sha’s forehead. The injured Sha could not resist.
“Sword Dao Merger Technique!” Sect Master Heavenly Access said with some difficulty.
“No! Sect Master, don’t!” Sha yelled in pain.
Buzz!
Black energy poured into Sha’s forehead. Sect Master Heavenly Access showed a vacant expression as he tried to plunder Sha’s sword conception.
“Purple Jade Heavenly Demon, let go of Sha!” Gu Hai immediately charged the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon with his Life Executioner Saber.
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon no longer dared to underestimate him. After all, her wounds were still fresh.
Holding the two, she started evading quickly.
Gu Hai could not keep up with the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon’s speed, which made him anxious.
Gu Hai still had one beam of Divinity Destroying Light but dared not use it carelessly. He waited for an opportunity—for the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon to clash with him. However, she was very crafty and did not fall for it.
“Humph! I’ll take my time to fight you after Sect Master Heavenly Access plunders Sha’s sword conception. Gu Hai, you hurt me very badly. None of you will leave today!” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon declared ferociously as she ran.
She could tell Gu Hai could do nothing about her. She just needed to dodge his Divinity Destroying Light for now.
The Purple Jade Heavenly Demon controlled Sect Master Heavenly Access through the Soul Destroying Seal, making him plunder Sha’s sword conception.
Sect Master Heavenly Access’s consciousness was already dazed; he could no longer control his body. Now, he held Sha’s head and drew out Sha’s sword conception.
As Sect Master Heavenly Access drew out Sha’s sword conception, his remaining consciousness tried to resist.
The Soul Destroying Seal? Hah! Hahaha! Unexpectedly, I—Heavenly Access—will die to this Soul Destroying Seal in the end, turned into a puppet and becoming another person’s sword. Hah! Hahahaha! Sect Master Heavenly Access’s consciousness laughed sorrowfully.
“Sect Master!” Sha cried out as he trembled.
At this moment, Sect Master Heavenly Access had already completely lost control. Only a final bit of his consciousness, which would soon get destroyed, remained.
Sha, sorry. This sect master was jealous of you. How laughable! I will die; there’s no chance of survival anymore. You are the reincarnation of the Severed Sect’s Heavenly Access, probably the me from another immortal firmament. You are me but also not me. I owe you my life from eight hundred thousand years ago. Now, I will repay you for that life and my sword Dao! Sect Master Heavenly sorrowfully sent his thoughts to Sha.
Sect Master, what are you going to do? No! Don’t! Sha thought in horror.
Buzz!
Suddenly, the sword conception plundered from Sha reversed and instantly returned to his forehead. Sect Master Heavenly Access’s sword conception even turned into a vast purple river and poured into his forehead.
Whoosh!
The surging sword conception rushed into Sha’s forehead, helping him form a sword soul.
“What? Heavenly Access, your mind is still resisting?!” the Purple Jade Heavenly Demon roared furiously.
Boom!
Another stream of demonic energy surged into Sect Master Heavenly Access’s body. That swastika was like a branding iron pressing itself deep into his mind.
However, the sword conception did not turn back. It all poured into Sha’s forehead.
Sect Master Heavenly Access’s eyes suddenly turned vacant as he showed a bleak smile. He vaguely saw a figure and weakly said his last words.
“Second Brother, Junior Brother always used to go against you, arguing with you all the time. It was not that I did not like you; I just found you too cold, like an ice mountain. First Senior Brother said you would end up cultivating to an emotionless state. He wanted me to help you interact with others. Junior Brother is incapable and can only constantly agitate you, constantly argue with you, and constantly snatch from you. Second Brother, I’m going to join First Senior Brother now. I will no longer argue or contend with you. I will no longer snatch from you. Take care, Second Brother! Take care, Second Senior Brother! Take care, my second elder brother!”
Boom!
A loud sound rang out as something seemed to have pierced through Sect Master Heavenly Access’s head. Then the black swastika rushed out the back of his head.
Sect Master Heavenly Access’s body slumped; his soul had been destroyed.
Myriad Age Daoist Sect, Divine Continent’s south:
Countless disciples moved around the Myriad Age Daoist Sect. Sect Master Heavenly Access’s defeat in the north had left many disciples with heavy hearts.
Some disciples glanced at a nearby peak, where a large hall made of white jade stood on the summit, with a signboard that said “Essence Genesis Hall.”
“If only Second Sect Master would come out.”
“I heard that Second Sect Master has been in closed-door cultivation for eight hundred thousand years. I wonder what his cultivation is now!”
The disciples looked at the Essence Genesis Hall in anticipation. However, this hope had already lasted for eight hundred thousand years. Essence Genesis had come out only once—when Sect Master Supreme Ascendant died—and never again after that.
Essence Genesis Hall:
An extremely handsome, middle-aged man in white robes sat cross-legged in the hall. This was the second sect master of the Myriad Age Daoist Sect, Essence Genesis.
Essence Genesis had sat there for eight hundred thousand years, never bothering with outside matters. No one knew how high his cultivation had reached.
At this moment, Essence Genesis was circulating his energy with his eyes closed. Suddenly, a figure stepped into the hall.
Essence Genesis opened his eyes. His face sank as he looked at the figure before him.
“Heavenly Access, what are you doing here?” Essence Genesis asked coldly.
Essence Genesis spoke in an icy tone, as though he lacked emotions.
“I’m here to say goodbye,” Heavenly Access’s image said reluctantly.
“Goodbye?” Essence Genesis stood up, frowning at Heavenly Access’s image.
“Second Brother, Junior Brother always used to go against you, arguing with you all the time. It was not that I did not like you; I just found you too cold, like an ice mountain. First Senior Brother said you would end up cultivating to an emotionless state. He wanted me to help you interact with others. Junior Brother is incapable and can only constantly agitate you, constantly argue with you, and constantly snatch from you,” Heavenly Access’s image said sorrowfully.
At Heavenly Access’s words, Essence Genesis’s expression changed slightly. It seemed that his heart, which had been frozen for eight hundred thousand years, melted a little.
“I know. I don’t blame you. The three of us are brothers, after all. No matter how heartless I was, it was to others, to outsiders. You and First Senior Brother are my brothers. Third Brother, I feel gratified that you feel like that. The more I cultivate, the more emotionless I become. Only then will I have the power to protect you two. No, First Senior Brother died. Only you remain. With me around, the Myriad Age Daoist Sect will prosper forever. Even the Six Paths Immortal can forget about bullying you!” Essence Genesis clenched his fists.
“Second Brother, I’m going to join First Senior Brother now. I will no longer argue or contend with you. I will no longer snatch from you. Take care, Second Brother! Take care, Second Senior Brother! Take care, my second elder brother!” Sect Master Heavenly Access’s image said with some sorrow and reluctance.
Second Brother? Second Senior Brother? Second Elder Brother?
When Sect Master Heavenly Access called Essence Genesis his second elder brother, Essence Genesis felt his heart trembling. Second Elder Brother? That’s right. He is my younger brother! Back then, we three brothers relied on each other. Now that First Brother is not around, only my younger brother remains.
However, what does he mean by he is joining First Senior Brother? What does he mean?
Essence Genesis looked at Sect Master Heavenly Access and saw that Sect Master Heavenly Access’s body was fading away. Soon, only his last words remained, echoing.
“Take care, my second elder brother!”
These words were filled with boundless sorrow and reluctance, causing Essence Genesis to feel he was about to lose something. His heart felt empty.
“Third Brother, what happened to you? Where are you going? Third Brother!” Essence Genesis rushed to Heavenly Access’s image.
However, Heavenly Access’s image slowly vanished. Essence Genesis grabbed nothing.
“Third Brother!” Essence Genesis roared.
Whoosh!
Essence Genesis suddenly shivered and woke up. It turned out he had been dreaming.
However, that earlier dream felt very realistic—so realistic that he broke out in a cold sweat despite his cultivation.
“Something happened? Third Brother!” Essence Genesis’s expression changed.
Boom!
A loud sound came from outside. The blessings cloud sea sensed Sect Master Heavenly Access’s death and suddenly crumbled, scattering. Vast amounts of blessings quickly flowed away.
For a dynasty, the blessings cloud sea would scatter when the sovereign died. It was similar for a sect. However, not all the blessings would scatter after a sect master died; only half would disappear.
The blessings scattering meant the sect master had died.
The Myriad Age Daoist Sect disciples suddenly knelt. “Sect Master died? No!”
Creak!
The Essence Genesis Hall’s doors opened.
